Hosea 9:12

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 9:11-17

In the foregoing verses we saw the s 38ba in of Israel derived from their fathers; here we see the punishment of Israel derived to their children; for, as death entered by sin at first, so it is still entailed with it. We may observe, in these verses, I. The sin of Ephraim. Some expressions are here which describe that. 1. They did not hearken to God (Hos. 9:17); they did not give attention to the voice either of his word or of his rod; they did not believe what he said, nor would they be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 9:12

Though they bring up their children ,.... Though this be the case of some, as to be conceived, carried in the womb to the full time, and be born, and brought up to a more adult age, and appear very promising to live, and perpetuate the names of their fathers and their families: yet will I bereave them ; their parents of them, by the sword, famine, pestilence, or by carrying them captive into a foreign country: that there shall not be a man left ; in the whole land of Israel,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 9:12

Though they bring up their children - And were they even to have children, I would bereave them of them; for, when I depart from them, they shall have all manner of wretchedness and wo. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 9:12

Verse 12 He then adds, Though they shall bring up children, I will yet exterminate them, so that they shall not be men, or, before they grow up, as some expound the words. The meaning is, that though Ephraim then flattered himself, yet a dreadful ruin was at hand, which would extinguish the whole seed, so that there would be nothing remaining. But lest they should think that all was over, when the Lord had inflicted on them one punishment, he lays down three gradations; that God would slay them... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 9:10-17

Bereavement, barrenness, and banishment. Here the prophet ( Hosea 9:10 ) finds a background for his picture of the final distress and captivity of Ephraim, by contrasting therewith the fair promise of prosperity and usefulness which the Hebrew nation had shown during its infancy. The body of the strophe—uttered by Hosea with intense emotion—is full of lamentations and mourning and woe (verses 11-16). And the closing words (verse 17) summarize in one brief and pregnant sentence the burden... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 9:11-14

Having referred to the most flagrant instances of Israel's transgressions in the past—Gibeah in the time of the judges, Baal-peor at a still earlier period even in the days of Moses, and having merely indicated the parallel between their present sin and previous enormities, the prophet proceeds to denounce the punishments deserved and ready to descend upon them. As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception. The greatest... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 9:11-17

Ephraim's woe. "Woe also to them when I depart kern them" ( Hosea 9:12 ). It is this thought of woe as the result of God departing from Ephraim—"hating them," "loving them no more" ( Hosea 9:15 )—which is the key-note of the passage. The prophet compares the ideal which God set up for Ephraim—fruitfulness, Tyre-like pleasantness of situation, settled habitation in Canaan—with the miserable end now awaiting the people. His mind dwells with a sort of fixity of horror on the bringing forth... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 9:12-17

The wicked shall not go unpunished. If they escape one calamity, they are sure to be overtaken and overwhelmed by another. I. CALAMITY OF TWOFOLD KIND THREATENED . There is: 1. Bereavement , and that of a most painful nature. To be childless altogether, or to lose children in infancy, is sorrowful enough; but to be bereft of children when they have grown up to manhood or womanhood is an unspeakably greater sorrow. After labor, and trouble, and care, and thought have... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hosea 9:12

Though they bring up children - God had threatened to deprive them of children, in every stage before or at their birth. Now, beyond this, he tells them, as to those who should escape this sentence, he would bereave them of them, or make them childless.That there shall not be a man left - Literally, “from man.” The brief word may be filled up, as the English Version has done (by not infrequent an idiom):(1) “from there being a man;” or(2) “from” among “men;” as Samuel said to Agag (1 Samuel... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hosea 9:11-13

Hosea 9:11-13. As for Ephraim, or, Ephraim! their glory shall fly away like a bird What they make their boast of so much shall depart from them. The fruitfulness of their women seems to be the thing here spoken of. From the birth Their children shall die soon after they are born; from the womb They shall be untimely births, or abortions; and from the conception They shall not even be conceived as they were wont to be. Dr. Wheeler renders this clause, They shall not bring forth, nor... read more

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